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Leite

Leite proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Leite (plural Leites)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Leite

pluralLeites

Origin of Leite

* As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”). * As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).

Questions about Leite

What does Leite mean?
Leite means a surname.
What part of speech is Leite?
Leite is a proper noun.

Words near Leite in the dictionary

  1. Leitaos
  2. Leitch
  3. Leitches
  4. Leitchfield
  5. Leitchville
  6. Leite
  7. leiteite
  8. Leites
  9. Leith
  10. Leith Hill
  11. Leitha

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